A diver, dressed as Santa Claus, feeds a ray during a show at the Aquaria KLCC underwater park in Kuala Lumpur. Despite having a Muslim majority dominated by ethnic Malays, a large percentage of ethnic minorities in Malaysia celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday. AFP PHOTO/Mohd Rasfan

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Pakistani cricketer Umar Gul (L) celebrates with his captain Misbah-ul-Haq (R) after the dismissal of the unseen Bangladeshi batsman Mohammad Ashraful during the first day of the first cricket Test match between Bangladesh and Pakistan at The Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. AFP PHOTO/Munir uz ZAMAN

A vendor waits for customers at her meat stall inside a market in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. China's annual inflation rate tumbled in November to 4.2%, the lowest level in more than a year, fuelling expectations of further monetary policy easing to combat deteriorating domestic and international economic conditions. The rate has dropped rapidly since hitting a three-year high of 6.5% in July and is now at a pace closer to the full-year government target for 2011 of 4%. REUTERS/Sean Yong

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France president Nicolas Sarkozy gives a press conference after talks gathering European Union (EU) heads of State or government during an European Union summit at the EU headquarters, in Brussels. European Union leaders abandoned a bid to convince Britain to change the bloc's treaty to combat the eurozone debt crisis. Talks would now go forward seeking a new inter-governmental agreement designed for the 17 countries that make up the eurozone and others aiming to join the currency union. AFP PHOTO/ ERIC FEFERBERG

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Australian paceman James Pattinson (L) celebrates bowling New Zealand batsman Dean Brownlie (R) on the first day of the second cricket Test match played at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart. AFP Photo/William West